Ha, ha. I laugh every time I hear people say the battery life of the latest release is much better than the previous release. If it actually was that much better incrementally, the battery would be self-charging by now.

Don't get taken in by stevew's original post. In a subsequent post he agreed with ZombieBerry's post to pay little or no attention to the original post.
In any event, I worry that a longer battery life means the BB is not working very hard. Up on the 28th floor where I am located most of the day, where the signal is week, particularly H+, my charger can barely keep the battery from discharging while the BB strains to keep locked on a signal.